General Knowledge Quiz

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie begins with India's independence (15 August 1947), features the Sinai family, includes the quote about legends becoming reality, won the Booker Prize, and was adapted by director Mira Nair. The God of Small Things is by Arundhati Roy, Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, and A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

Pinjar (The Skeleton) is a Punjabi novel by Amrita Pritam about a girl named Puro, adapted into a film by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi dealing with Partition trauma. Train To Pakistan is also about Partition but by Khushwant Singh, Gadar is about Partition romance, and Mother India is about rural struggle.

Parineeta (The Married Woman) is a Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, adapted multiple times - the old Hindi version (1953) starred Meena Kumari, while the 2005 version featured Vidya Balan. Devdas has had multiple adaptations but with different lead actresses, Sahib Biwi Ghulam is based on a Bengali novel but with different adaptations, and Shatranj Ke Khiladi is an Urdu story.

The Mask (1994) is based on Dark Horse Comics, features bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss with dog Milo, and marked Cameron Diaz's film debut. Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, and Hulk are also comic adaptations but with different protagonists and plots.

Maruti Suzuki (then Maruti Udyog) was among the first Indian manufacturers to implement engine immobilizer technology to prevent car theft, equipping vehicles with security chips before sale. Ford, Tata, and Mahindra & Mahindra also adopted this later, but Maruti was the pioneer in the Indian market.

The sauna originated in Finland over 2,000 years ago and is an integral part of Finnish culture. The word 'sauna' itself is Finnish, referring to the traditional steam bath. Finland remains most associated with sauna culture globally.

The United States declared independence from Britain on July 4, 1776, when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. This date is celebrated annually as Independence Day. Options A and B have incorrect dates (wrong month or year), while D has the wrong month.

Dow Jones refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), which is one of the oldest and most well-known stock market indices in the world. It tracks the performance of 30 large, publicly-owned companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. The other options - textile industry, fast food, and IT software - are not related to Dow Jones.

Plastic is significantly lighter than gold. Gold is a very dense metal with a density of about 19.3 g/cm³, while most plastics have densities between 0.9-1.4 g/cm³. This means a given volume of gold would be about 15-20 times heavier than the same volume of plastic. Silver and copper are also metals denser than plastic.

IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television, which is a system where television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network like the internet, instead of traditional terrestrial, satellite, or cable television formats. The other options are fabricated expansions that don't represent the actual meaning of IPTV.

In English-speaking cultures, the polite response when someone sneezes is "Bless you" or "God bless you." This is a social courtesy with historical roots in the belief that a sneeze could expel evil spirits or that the heart briefly stops during a sneeze. "Thank you" is what the sneezer typically says in response, "Excuse me" is said when you yourself sneeze, and "Sorry" is not the standard response.

Like most decimal currencies, the Australian dollar is divided into 100 cents. This is standard among countries using decimal currency systems - the dollar (or equivalent main unit) equals 100 smaller units (cents). The options 200, 1000, and 50 are all incorrect divisions of a dollar.

Drachma was the official currency of Greece before the country adopted the Euro in 2001 (with physical Euro circulation starting in 2002). Greece was one of the original 12 countries to adopt the Euro. "Thai Bhad" and "Rupaiha" appear to be misspelled or fictitious names unrelated to Greek currency.

NIIT is a leading IT education and training company in India that is NOT part of the Aditya Birla Group. Hindalco (aluminum and copper), Grasim (diversified conglomerate with textiles and chemicals), and what appears to be a typo for Bihar Caush chemicals are all associated with the Aditya Birla Group conglomerate.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 (died April 15) by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt died in office (FDR in 1945), George Washington died of natural causes in 1799, and John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 - all different from 1865.

Ginger is a chain of budget hotels in India owned by the Indian Hotels Company Limited, which is part of the TATA group. It was launched as a smart basics hotel chain offering essential amenities at affordable prices. ITC operates its own hotel brands (Welcomgroup), and Hindustan Hotels is not related to Ginger.

Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, discovered the sea route from Europe to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope) in 1498-1499. This was a major breakthrough in trade routes, connecting Europe directly to Asia by sea without needing overland routes through the Middle East. The other options are fictional or incorrectly associated explorers.

Roca is a Spanish company specializing in bathroom and sanitary ware products, including toilets, sinks, faucets, and related bathroom fixtures. Founded in 1917, it's one of Europe's leading manufacturers in this sector. The company is not known for curtains, carpets, or fiber doors.

The saying "A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind" is a proverb - a short, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth or piece of wisdom. Proverbs often use metaphorical language to convey advice about life, relationships, or human behavior. This particular proverb suggests that couples should overlook each other's faults.

George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was the author of the allegorical novella 'Animal Farm' (1945), which satirized the Soviet Union. The distractor options play on the first name 'George' to test recognition of the specific author rather than the name alone.